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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Albert Tallman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrew Philip Shapiro, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gary Michael Itzel, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Curtis Alan Johnson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Victor John Morgan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jacob John Kittleson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bradley Thomas Richards, Carmel, IN (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A component includes an outer wall that includes an exterior surface, and at least one plenum defined interiorly to the outer wall and configured to receive a cooling fluid therein. The component also includes a coating system disposed on the exterior surface. The coating system has a thickness. The component further includes a plurality of adaptive cooling openings defined in the outer wall. Each of the adaptive cooling openings extends from a first end inflow communication with the at least one plenum, outward through the exterior surface and to a second end covered underneath at least a portion of the thickness of the coating system.